The adventures of Jen and Doug and a black cat named Mr. Knightley.
Nestled right along the Hudson River in Tarrytown, N.Y., sits Washington Irving’s Sunnyside home. The home, purchased as a small stone farmhouse in 1835, sits on 10 acres, and is a mixture of Dutch Colonial …
Thomas Cole was a founder of the Hudson River School of American Painting and is widely regarded as the father of American landscape painting, yet he was born and raised in England. He came to …
The Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio in Lenox, MA was an unexpected delight. It was the home of George L. K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen, two abstract artists we had never heard of; yet, the …
I’ve recently come to the conclusion that maybe sculpture isn’t for me, as I mostly find myself muttering “What the…??” However, I’m making an exception for the works of J. Seward Johnson (1930-2020), a descendant …
The Baltimore Museum of Art was founded in 1914 and has nearly 100,000 items in its collection. If you’re a Henri Matisse fan, you’d be in heaven – they have more than 1,000 of his works. …
The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., was founded in 1995 and contains 67,000 square feet of exhibition space. The museum specializes in “outsider” art and its permanent collection is 4,000 pieces strong. CNN …
While visiting Pittsburgh, Penn., Doug and I took a class at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. I love glass art, and many years ago we’d made paperweights in a class we took while in Oregon with …
By a totally crazy coincidence, Doug and I were visiting Baltimore at the same time as our lovely and adventurous friends Don and Jen. Don was in town for a conference, so we only got …
We expected a short visit to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Md., to see some Impressionist paintings in their collection, but we discovered a delightful museum with lots to see – and all for …
The Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, PA showcases the works of American illustrator and artist N.C. Wyeth, his son Andrew Wyeth, and Andrew’s son Jamie Wyeth, along with other talented family members and …
